Stop!
You're making me laugh!
Now I have an eyelash in my eye.
Hi guys, I'm Laura Vitale and on this episode of Laura in the Kitchen, I wnat to share a
really quick and easy treat with you that's so perfect for this time of year, these are
my fruity rice crispy treats, now I made them not too long ago for a party I went to which
was a first birthday party, and everyone raved!
They've been around for a while, I keep seeing pictures pop up of these and I figured I wanted
to share with you because it really is the perfect treat to bring to a party whether
it be Easter or a birthday or a baby shower or even a wedding shower, they're so fun and
they're absolutely delicious because I make mine a little extra gooey and they're so good,
the texture of these is just bomb diggity, and I think you are going to love them.
You can be playful with the cereal that you use but I think that this particular combination
which is sort of the classic version of fruity crispy treat is the best, and the combination
of the extra marshmallows and stuff just makes them to die for.
Don't take my word for it, just make them, you'll understand and when I posted the picture
of these on my Instagram stories, which if you don't follow me there you should, link
down below, everyone, I literally got hundreds of people asking for the recipe so I'm going
to share it with you because it's a great one to have in your back pocket and you can
have your kids help you make them and if my kid wasn't outside playing bubbles right now,
she may be in here too, but those are way more fun.
The list of ingredients is very short and sweet, you'll need a combination of your rice
cereal and your fruity cereal, now you don't want to do half and half because it'll be
too strong of a fruity flavor, so I do three quarters of the rice cereal and one quarter
of the fruity, but you can do half and half, you can do whatever your heart desires because
you're the boss apple sauce.
You need lots and lots of mini marshmallows, you need some unsalted butter, then you'll
need some vanilla and a pinch of sea salt.
The sea salt might sound crazy, they don't taste salty but it makes them - salt in sweets
does the same thing that it does in savory food, it sort of brings everything to life,
it opens up your palette and it makes something taste even more delicious.
So in a big pot, we need butter, I never follow the ingredients on the back of the box because
they're just not gooey enough for me and that's just not how I roll, and I also do not put
this amount of rice crispy treat mixture in a 9 by 13 because nobody wants a thin rice
crispy treat!
I want a thick gooey delicious rice crispy treat, so for this amount, a 9 by 9 is perfect,
a 9 by 9 pan, if you use a 9 by 13 and you get thin rice crispy treats, I'm going to
come over!
Don't let me catch you do that, use a 9 by 9 because if you're going to make a treat
you might as well go all the way, right?
I'm just going to wait for the butter to melt, I don't want to burn this and I don't want
to brown it because I do love brown butter in regular rice crispy treats, but with the
fruity flavor it comes a little bit off for me, so I'm just going to melt this until it's
just about fully melted and then we add in the marshmallows.
Beautiful!
Now you're going to add all of your marshmallows, and you're just going to cook this on medium-low
heat, I don't want to burn the marshmallows, you're just going to cook this until everything
just melts and this is when I like to add my pinch of salt.
You don't need a lot, you could use regular table salt but I like sea salt.
And you just mix mix mix until all the marshmallows are pretty melted.
That looks so ooey gooey.
I'm going to add a splash of vanilla.
Stir that in, oh it already smells so good.
As soon as that vanilla hits, you're in business.
Then you add your cereal.
Mix that all in, I'm telling you these were such a giant hit at the party, and that's
when I knew I had to share it with you because I mean, you just don't know.
It's like a crime and it's funny because every time on my Instagram if I share something
in my stories, a recipe that you know could be a really simple thing that I haven't shared
with you here, so many people get mad at me they're like you have to share it and then
I'll reply and be like "it's so easy!" and they're like "Who cares!
You're the queen of easy, we just need your simple recipes and ideas" and so no matter
how easy things are I have decided I will share them with you so I don't get all that.
Alright, so everything's mixed, I turned this off.
That is the best part that's stuck on the wooden spoon, but I'm not going to embarrass
myself right now.
I'm just going to get it all off of here.
Oh look at that!
See how ooey and gooey those are going to be?
Trust your girl.
And then I've got a 9 by 9 inch pan ready and waiting, these are going to be thick and
gorgeous.
Now, they're really hard to spread with a spatula so take your hand, dip it in some
water, and press them down.
If it keeps sticking, just keep re-dipping in that water and that will make everything
not stick.
See?
Alright, just want to pat these down as even as you can manage, and don't worry that it's
really hot, it's warm but it's really not that hot.
Because once the marshmallows melted Ijust turned off the heat.
Alright this is looking good, now these just need to sit cool and set.
Sit cool and set, I should have that on a T-Shirt.
Sit cool and set.
And I'm going to just have these sit on the side for typically a couple hours, doesn't
even take that long.
I'm going to set these aside and when they are done, we're going to cut into them and
we are going to dig in and you are going to love them.
Alright these have been sitting for a couple of hours, and they are ready to be dug into.
Oh and they're going to be so good.
So sticky, and so delicious.
Oh my goodness.
You can do fun shapes too if you want to using different cookie cutters.
I'm not that patient, but you could.
Tadaa!
There's never been a better rice crispy treat in your life!
So sticky.
Dense but sticky and delicious.
Look at that!
Mmm Mmm!
That's a rice crispy treat that's worthy of being on your treat table for whatever the
occasion, because I'm telling you they are that good, and they're so easy and they look
festive without you having to do anything to them, but they really are so delicious,
they're so good!
You'll love them!
And like I said, any recipe - any occasion, whatever you've got, they're just that good.
The store bought ones, nothing on this!
Nothin!
LauraintheKitchen.com has the recipe for you, make them, won't be disappointed.
I'll see you next time.
Bye!